Zoe Handa is a registered social worker working at the intersection of homelessness, mental health, and addiction in downtown Toronto. Zoe is committed to working compassionately alongside folks experiencing marginalization and vulnerability in the pursuit of dignity, self-determination, and equity.

Imran Jessa is an implementation specialist for electronic medical records. After having completed his Bachelor’s in Arts and Sciences with Combined Honours in Political Science from McMaster University, he joined the University Health Network at the beginning of their multi-year health information system transformation project. Imran worked on outpatient configuration for areas such as respirology, cardiology, and neurosurgery. Imran also developed the UHN outpatient referrals strategy and workflows. Imran recently completed his Master’s in Management Analytics from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. He is currently working for Accenture on a new implementation of an electronic health record. Imran is an avid leafs fan, for which his therapist thanks him, and also enjoys D&D, reading, and spending time with his dog.

Gali graduated from the Arts & Science program in 2017. She then completed a master’s degree in Bioethics at Harvard University and medical school at Western University. She is currently a second-year psychiatry resident at the University of Toronto and draws upon her Artsci skills every day.

An experienced architectural and set designer and M. ARCH graduate from the University of Toronto.

She is both a trained Architect and Art Director. In both fields, she supervised projects that were highly technical in nature. Her most recent film credits include:

• Star Trek: Discovery – Art Director
• Star Trek: Section 31 – Supervising Art Director
• Starfleet Academy – Supervising Art Director

Ian is an urban planner with a background in land use and transportation planning. He is a Development Associate at DiamondCorp, a Toronto-based real estate developer, and has previously worked in the public and planning consulting sectors. Ian graduated from Artsci in 2020, and completed a Master of Science in Planning at the University of Toronto in 2023.

Bruce Miyashita is Lean Sensei at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, where he leads the design and application of Lean principles to the College’s strategies and processes.  Previously, he was Head of the Process Centre of Excellence at BMO Financial Group, Vice-President Six Sigma at Maple Leaf Foods Inc., and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Bombardier Inc. He was also a Lean consultant at McKinsey & Company.  He has an undergraduate degree from the Arts & Science Program at McMaster University and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

After graduating from Artsci, Carita went on to pursue a Masters in Health Policy, with a focus in Health Economics from the University of Toronto. Professionally, Carita has spent time working for a boutique consulting firm for the pharmaceutical industry before taking on a number of positions within the provincial government. She first started as a Senior Health Economist/Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Health and costed out new health programs. She then went on to work in enterprise policy on government spending. She then was a Team Lead and Manager at the Office of the Treasury Board, where she helped to secure additional funding for the Ministry of Health – including during the pandemic and the ensuing pandemic recovery. She is now with the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, managing a large team that oversees strategic policy and programming for university-level degrees and programs.

Shruti graduated from the Arts & Science Program in 2017. After Artsci, Shruti received her JD from Osgoode Hall Law School. She has worked both in private practice and in the public sector, currently working in the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Shruti’s mandate at MAG-IJD is lawyering for reconciliation, and working to repair the relationship between government and Indigenous communities in Canada.

Dr Lyndall Schumann (Ph.D., C. Psych.) is a proud Artsci alum (2009) with 13 years of experience in academia, hospital, and community mental health settings. She is currently the clinical director, strategy and innovation, at the Canadian Mental Health Association, York Region South Simcoe Network Lead Organization as part of the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy program. She is passionate about creating and optimizing systems that provide faster access to better (and FREE) psychotherapy services to users across the province, especially those who experience barriers to access. She obtained her Ph.D. at Queen’s University in clinical psychology in 2017. She lives in Toronto with her partner (Dr Jordan Thomson Artsci 2008) and two kids.